#Azure Action –Community Newsletter – 16th May 2012

AZURE IN ACTION – LOCAL

AZURE IN ACTION – IN GENERAL

Windows Azure Platform

• Get ready to meet Windows Azure on June 7th

• Windows Azure SDK for Node.js 0.5.4 Released

• Microsoft Touts ‘High Tens of Thousands’ of Windows Azure Customers
• Is SAP Dissing Windows Azure — And Favoring Amazon?
• What’s in a Name? Change in Windows Azure Billing Portal Causes Confusion
• Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Gaining in Popularity 

Related

• Research Shows Cloud Computing Reduces Time and Money Spent Managing Security
• HOW TO: Monetize ($$$) PaaS and its Implementation Models
• Cloud Computing Security Benefits Dispel Adoption Barrier for Small to Midsize Businesses
• Future of Cloud Security Assessments: Microsoft Leads with Public Registrations on CSA

Microsoft

• 10 Cool Projects from Microsoft's Research Arm
• Why Microsoft’s Open Data Protocol matters
• Inside Microsoft’s New Azure Accelerator — Will Redmond Get The Startup Mojo?
• How Microsoft Is Going Carbon Neutral
• Microsoft Plans to 'Cloud Optimize Every Business'

Partner

• Microsoft Azure provides platform for Epicor Cloud ERP
                       

• Family-Friendly Online Organizer Released on Windows Azure         
• Tagetik Cloud Runs on Microsoft Windows Azure

TECHNOLOGY

• What is Windows Azure?
• Essential Windows Azure (Microsoft Cloud) Knowledge : Part 1: Web roles, Worker Roles
• Get Acquainted with the Finer Details of Azure Services (Part 2)
• An Introduction to Windows Azure (Part 2)

Architecture

• Integration with 911 dispatch center using Azure and SignalR (part 1)
• CQRS -V1 Pseudo-Production Release
• Installing Third Party Software on Windows Azure – What are the options?
• Getting Started with Windows Azure and DotNetNuke

• Leveraging Microsoft Azure security features for PaaS security

• Language
• Introducing Fog: A Library for Interacting with Azure from F#
• Open Source Azure – Discussion Group on LinkedIn
• Azure Real World: Optimizing PHP Applications for the Cloud

• Determine Web page paths of a Windows azure Web role
• The VM Role

• Blob Parallel Upload and Download

SQL DATABASE

• Cloud Cover Episode 80 - Getting Started with SQL Azure Data Sync Preview
• How to Create an Incremental SQL Azure Data Source for U.S. Air Carrier Flight Delays Dataset
• How to Shard with SQL Azure
• SQL Azure Engine Throttling

• Accessing US Air Carrier Flight Delay DataSets on Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket and “DataHub”

• Free Private Data from Silos for Internal Use with Microsoft CodeName “Data Hub”

Big Data

• Hadoop on Azure and importing data from the Windows Azure Marketplace
• Quickstart with Hadoop & Hadoop on Azure

• OneNimbus® 2SQL v 4 – Access to Sql Database
• Cloud Copy – copy storage files with this command line tool

COMMUNITY

• Building Windows Phone Applications Using the Fast Lane: Using RIA Services on Azure as Your Backend

05/16/12, 9:15am - 10:30am

• Architectural patterns for the cloud

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:00 PM (GMT +1)

• Free two day workshop on the Microsoft Private Cloud next week in Sydney. Register here

User Groups

• Sydney (Conor Brady)
• Melbourne (Mahesh Krishnan and Chris Padgett)
• Brisbane (Steve Nagy, Dean Robertson)
• Auckland (Ryan Crawcour)
• Perth Cloud User Group (Rivaaj Jumna, Hadwin Fung)

Regional

• NZ: Follow @technetnz and follow @msdnnz
• Singapore: Singapore Azure User Group (official website)

Social

• Podcast: Listen to our CloudCast series
• FaceBook: Becoming a Facebook fan
• Twitter: Adding yourself to the Azure Australia Twitter list
• Email: Joining the Mailing list for OzAzure